I-Rocks switch
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i-Rocks switch refers to an apparently as-of-yet unnamed switch used in i-Rocks keyboards. alps.tw appears to have been personally involved with the design, and a photograph of him captioned "ALPS.TW" is shown on i-Rocks's website. No switch designation has yet been encountered, nor any English translation of any of the publicly available information regarding its invention.
The three-piece contact assembly (the movable contact is a drop in plate that presses against a separate terminal) is derived from that of alps.tw Type T9, a switch with no known usage but that has characteristics of Himake. Another example of this contact design is shown at KBDMania, in a style closer to that of Xiang Min: http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/photo/8251885
The i-Rocks switch has several modifications over a normal Alps clone switch, including a cut-out in the click leaf to allow for an integrated RGB LED, wrap-around vertical O-rings for dampening, and Cherry MX mount sliders. I-Rocks marketed the switches silence switches as they put O-rings in them; interestingly, the clicky switches also have O-rings. Switch type follows Cherry MX colours, but the slider remains colourless (except dark blue switches) and the base of the switch is pigmented instead.
Keyboards[edit | edit source]
These switches are used in K76 series of keyboard, including K76M custom (silent), K76M plus and K76 RGB.
Variants[edit | edit source]
There are 5 variants of the i-Rocks switches: white, red, brown, blue and dark blue. I-Rocks give the switches special names in Mandarin, but not in English; therefore, the English name is translated and may not be accurate enough to fully describe the Mandarin name.
| PHOTO | COLOUR | NAME | TYPE | ACTUATION WEIGHT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| white | 詭(weird) | linear | 28gw | No longer listed on i-Rocks' website. | |
| red | 逸(wonder) | linear | 45gw | ||
| brown | 煉(refined) | tactile | 45gw | ||
| blue | 韻(rythm) | clicky | 60gw | ||
| dark blue | 重青(dark blue) | clicky | 75gw | The only switches that have dark blue stems. |
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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I-Rocks Blue Switch (Top View) -
I-Rocks Blue Switch (Bottom View) -
I-Rocks Blue Switch (Rear View)
External links[edit | edit source]
- i-Rocks K76M custom (silent) product page — [1]
- i-Rocks K76M plus product page — [2]
- i-Rocks K76M RGB product page — [3]
- KBtalKing — ㊣ALPS軸類零組件比較㊣
